and even more so, about the 77 minutes of inaction that the video shows. plus, in some big cities there will no longer be a starbucks on every corner. the coffee giant is closing several locations but not because of slow sales. is this about working safety or is it about unionization? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our money lead and horrible news for your wallet. new data today released by the biden administration shows inflation surging to 9.1%. that is the highest level in more than 40 years and it means the prices we pay over all are 9.1% higher than at this time last year. so unless you have benefitted from an unlikely 10% raise since then, you now have less money in your pocket than you did a year ago. much of the increase is driven by gas prices, which we should note have fallen in recent weeks, but they remain insanely high, up nearly 60% in this report, and the increases are felt across a range of categories, prices on groceries are u
next public hearing. the perspective could be a game changer in the quest to learn more about former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. sworn testimony from previous hearings puts him at the center of pivotal events including in the oval office on january 3rd shooting down the plan to replace the acting attorney general. on january 6th, two sources say he was with trump, watching the riot unfold on television. the next day tried in vain to get trump to call for the prosecution of the rioters. marshall, obviously critical testimony on capitol hill, what more are we learning about what happened in those eight hours behind closed doors. eight hours. it s almost miraculous that this even happened, right, phil. a year and a half has gone on since january 6th. the committee interviewed a thousand witnesses. but they couldn t get cipollone. now they did. and they got him on tape, on video, and hopefully in the coming days we ll finally start to see some of th
because of russia not allowing grain to get out of ukraine. carley: small dip in gas from the record mark hit last month. in an effort to bring those down, the president said he will not increase oil production when he makes a trip next month but ask allies in the persian gulf to do so. why go that far when you could at home? republicans are asking and senator josh hawley says inaction is motivation for voters in november. i thank you is a wave here, the americans are getting a look at the woke agenda. we upon can t afford it, we can t feed our family, we can t buy gas, we re a laughing stack around the world. i think the voters will turn around the ship and send us back a republican house and we ll have to deliver. carley: inflation at a 40-year high and stocks plunged 21% in six months, worst half year dive for the s&p 500 in 50 years. the president claimed inflation was lower than other nations, the rate of 8.3% is among the highest. joey: all right, supreme court
across the uk continue and so does the disruption, with only 60% of services running today. facebook s removes a large number of accounts, posting pictures and videos of upskirting, following an investigation and glastonbury is back after a three year gap fans are descending on worthy farm in somerset for one of the biggest music festivals in the world. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 300 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in afghanistan. the 6.1 quake struck overnight in the southeast of the country, with most of the confirmed deaths in a province called paktika. these are images of homes reduced to rubble. but the extent of the damage is still emerging as rescue efforts continue in outlying villages. the country s supreme leader has confirmed the number of dead, in a statement to the media, saying at least five hundred people are injured. hikmatullah esmat is head of the provincial health body in paktika. he tol
Coast. Ainsley is finally ready so i will start the show. Ainsley its friday. Im running a little behind today. Brian we are live. We did not tape this ahead of time. Ugly start. Dangerous storms moving through the east, through louisiana after Battering Texas, killing at least four people in houston and leaving 1 million without power. Lawrence unbelievable. The House Oversight committee moving to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt. Thats not the craziest thing to come out of that hearing. Watch. Are your feelings hurt. Oh, girl, baby girl. Oh, really . Dont even play. Baby girl . I dont think so. Got a little heated between women. Brian i dont think so. Carley we are going to show you all of that. Plus, theres the church. Theres the steeple, open the doors and theres the Pickleball Court with steve. Is he live this morning checking out the sport thats fueling a Faith Movement down in your home state of texas, lawrence. Lawrence thats right, hometown, too. Ainsley thats